Moving up the Marine Corps Ranks: Company commanders have the authority to promote active-duty enlisted privates (E-1) to the rank of PFC (E-2) once they have completed six months of service.

The Marine Corps is looking into replacing its standard metal rank insignia with cloth chevrons ... 7/25/17; 3:17 pm: This article has been updated with a statement from Marine Corps Systems ...

Even as the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force fell short of their recruitment goals in 2023, the Marine Corps exceeded it, albeit just slightly. The military services collectively missed recruiting ...

When Justin Kelley left the Air Force in 2015, he was an E-5 – a staff sergeant in the service’s rank structure. But when he graduated Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina ...

Sgt. Liam Kelly gets pinned with the sergeant insignia by his brother, Sgt. Aidan Kelly, in Saudia Arabia in 2021. (Cpl. Alexandra Munoz/Marine Corps) Some Marine corporals soon will be eligible ...

The lowest of the general officer ranks, Brigadier generals in the Marine Corps are one-star general officers. They preside over 10,000 to 15,000 Marines and are in charge of tactical planning and ...